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Mexico Project Proves Monument to State Ties

During Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s time as governor of the country’s most populous state, his administration came up with a plan to build a 200-foot-tall monument celebrating two centuries of independence from Spain. And it would have a Spanish company lay out the funds for it.

Construction of the curved, steel-plated towers and museum by a unit of Spanish construction giant Obrascón Huarte Laín SA in 2009 was part of a three-year extension of its license to operate a toll road in the state, according to contract...